This movie was simply awful. At first, I thought I was watching a genre parody of "epic" movies. I soon realized that this movie should be included in a study in "what not to do" in film making. From start to finish, the story and dialog were so cliché and unbelievable. The acting was simply terrible. I laughed through most of the film. I thought, "This had to be written by some 19 year old who grew up sitting in front of the VCR without literature or education." Even the music was amateurish. Wow, was I ever shocked at the ending credits to see it was written by M. Night Shyamalan, the music composed by James Newton Howard, and the movie produced by Kennedy and Marshall. How could this happen? Such an embarrassment to a great writer, great composer, and great producers.

Wow.

In the years of movie-going i have endured, every year there is one film that gets damned by the critics and film goers alike (Battlefield Earth, The Avengers), ans i have always found them rather endearing.

The dreadful scripts, the hammy acting and the non-existent narrative all make a bad movie....somewhat appealing.

So I was sadistically looking forward to this movie. And despite the fact I found the movie the funniest i've seen in a while (the word bender is slang for homosexual where I am from), it's truly a monstrosity of a turkey.

Because i've never seen the animated series it's based on, I thought it was because of this, but as an hour felt like a week, it was the dire pacing and story Shyalaman has chucked at the screen.

I have never seen a director fall from such spectacular grace, like this man has.

Ten years ago, his films were sometihng that would awe-inspire the masses, now, he has made himself a laughing stock.

The film makes no sense at all, and we are forced to watch some of the worst acting and badly choreographed fight scenes ever to grace such a high budgeted event movie.

The effects are okay, but effects do not make a movie, and going from one set piece to another, watching fire fight ice and wind, isn't entertaining.

To say this film is a mess is an understatement but watch the original series then this and you'll understand why every fan hates this movie.

important plot sequences are left out and one of the most important characters avatar Roku isn't even there, not that it had to be a scene by scene remake of the cartoon to be good, but i don't see how they expect to do another movie with so Many gaps in the story, in this movie Aang or unng as he's miscalled should have the power to defeat the fire nation by himself now after the north pole victory, in the cartoon he merged with the ocean spirit something he couldn't repeat.

and thats just the tip of the iceberg, apart from plot holes there's bad acting terrible special fx and it's in 3D which i hate in Any movie don't waste your time it sucks.

blame the director M Night Shyamalan i do, anyone els could have done better.

If you are a big fan of Avatar the last air bender series, then don't watch this You will be annoyed from the beginning.